I've been very comfortable in carving my niche. I have never really been in the race of being a Bollywood heroine. I was called unconventional and bohemian even though I was very responsible and simple. But I have not followed the so-call diktats or the rules given to you as a film actress. You can't go to college because you have something good going for you.'Īcting, as a profession, became a possibility for me and I learned on the job. The second film came along and that's when Vikram Bhatt said to me 'You have stop pushing opportunities away. So I thought I could travel to Switzerland and Mauritius and it wasn't a stereotypical Hindi film heroine role. I got an opportunity by chance when I was bored of modelling and wanted to back to college. I started off being an actress without wanting to be an actress. But as an actress, how competitive are you and how did you bring that quality to this film? It's scary and unnerving but that's the kind of character I play. I am quite scared of anything that has to do with darkness. There are things we hear about, stories in the business. You just keep on asking for things from God and you think God can save you.īut when Shanaya feels God has betrayed her, she starts dabbling with the dark - the black magic and devil worshiping comes to play in the film. Shanaya believes in God. When you get famous, the more you are in a position of power, the more you believe in God in our country. You get more religious and superstitious.
And you don't want someone else to snatch that position from you. Because they want adulation and fame forever. No matter how much they try to hide it, it is the harsh truth of their lives. Every single actor, whether they accept it or not, the higher they are, the insecurities become more intense and the fear of falling is there all the time. Once you are successful, nobody wants to take the fall. My character Shanaya depicts not only a part of my life, it depicts every single actor worldwide.
Today, Bipasha is not as safe as she was 10 years ago when she came into the industry." Producer Mahesh Bhatt said the film " coincides with Bipasha Basu's life where she is feeling the breath of extinction as younger girls have come in, who may elbow her out. I read that it resembles your life in Bollywood.